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A virgin for life with a plainly visible hairline, living in his parents' basement [...] I don't have time to deal with obsessed cyberstalkers who's sorry lives leave them with nothing better to do then refresh and downrate my shit all day.

I feel sorry for you

Having such low self esteem to describe yourself as a virgin isn't healthy. Maybe if you saw a psychiatrist, maybe you wouldn't be stalking and downrating everything I'm listed as author of 0 stars for no reason

This is precisely the reason why you need to focus on motivation before you make any quest. Why are you making your quest and who do you intend to please? If its anyone besides yourself then you need to be very clear why they should be appeased potentially at the cost of your own enjoyment. Personally, I only make quests to please myself and I don't listen to anyone and what they're saying especially if what they're saying is going to destroy my own enjoyment. I would not have changed one bit about LoH or LoH:IE even if everyone in the ZC community rated my quest 0 stars and I have no regrets. This is James's masterpiece and I love it - and that's all that matters.

If you aim to appease the type A players then you need to play by their rules. No challenges, focus on lovely graphics, lots of puzzles, personally highly popular, no arbitrary secrets, no grinding. The list goes on. Bottom line is that you'll end up making a quest that they enjoy and that you'll hate at the end. And for what? A couple of nice ratings, popularity, fame and them talking nice about you? I can guarantee you that no type A player would ever reciprocate and change their quest to appease you in return though. Cheap buff is the best you'll get.

So if you're not going to be bothered appeasing type A then let them talk all they like and ignore them. Your target audience, potentially type B players, will understand your dilemma and know who to disregard when looking at ratings. Anyway, its sad to see it end like this.